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Author Topic: ION Radio 6884.8 AM 2130 UTC 18 July 2020  (Read 1075 times)

Offline Skipmuck

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ION Radio 6884.8 AM 2130 UTC 18 July 2020
« on: July 18, 2020, 2130 UTC »
2130 UTC "Evil Ways"-Santana (Seems to be stopping and starting....S9 carrier!)
2133 UTC Back again with same song...sounding good!
2137 UTC "Me and Bobby McGee"-Janis Joplin
2141 UTC "I Can See Clearly Now"-Johnny Nash
2144 UTC "Please Come to Boston"-Kenny Loggins
2148 UTC "Lean On Me"-Bill Withers
2152 UTC "Brandy"-Looking Glass (Getting some light to moderate fades now)
2156 UTC "Dust In the Wind"-Kansas
2159 UTC "You're Mama Don't Dance"-Loggins & Messina
2202 UTC "When Will I See You Again"-The Three Degrees
2205 UTC "The Dirty Lowdown"-Boz Scaggs
2209 UTC "More Than A Feeling"-Boston

Thanks for the tunes whoever! Did I miss an ID?  ???
Thanks for the ID ION!  :)
« Last Edit: July 18, 2020, 2236 UTC by Skipmuck »
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Re: UNID 6884.8 AM 2130 UTC 18 July 2020
« Reply #1 on: July 18, 2020, 2135 UTC »
2133 Santana, SIO 333
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Re: UNID 6884.8 AM 2130 UTC 18 July 2020
« Reply #2 on: July 18, 2020, 2135 UTC »
signal S9+5-10 on the SDR in Milford, PA
21.33 song (a man)
21.37 song "Me and Bobby McGee"
21.41 song "I can see clearly now"
21.44 song "Please come to Boston"
21.48 song "Lean on me"
21.52 song (a man)
21.56 "Dust in the wind"
21.89 song (a man)
22.02 song "When will I see you again"
22.04 song (a man)
22.09 song "More than a feeling"


Good music, "my" style. A ID will be good. :)
« Last Edit: July 18, 2020, 2216 UTC by Bali_Frank »
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Re: UNID 6884.8 AM 2130 UTC 18 July 2020
« Reply #3 on: July 18, 2020, 2141 UTC »
2137  Me and Bobby McGee - Janis Joplin
2141  I Can See Clearly Now (the rain is gone) - Johnny Nash
2144  Please Come to Boston - Dave Loggins
2148  Lean On Me - Bill Withers
2152  Brandy (you're a fine girl) - Looking Glass
2155  Dust in the Wind - Kansas
2159  Your Mama Don't Dance - Loggins and Messina

Signal alternating over and under the noise floor here - overall SIO 222.
« Last Edit: July 18, 2020, 2200 UTC by Kestrel »
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Re: UNID 6884.8 AM 2130 UTC 18 July 2020
« Reply #4 on: July 18, 2020, 2153 UTC »
Weak here - 34223

2143 - Please Come To Boston
2148 - Lean On Me
2152 - Brandy

Thanks ION Radio for the show!
« Last Edit: July 18, 2020, 2220 UTC by aurora »
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Re: UNID 6884.8 AM 2130 UTC 18 July 2020
« Reply #5 on: July 18, 2020, 2154 UTC »
Getting some activity fainttl now, heard “lean on me” and then “Brandy your a fine girl” by looking glass
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Re: ION Radio 6884.8 AM 2130 UTC 18 July 2020
« Reply #6 on: July 18, 2020, 2204 UTC »
Excellent reception on '69 Zenith T/O 7000 just using its whip on the front porch with a breeze

Thanks for great music this toasty Saturday evening 8) (But real New Englanders don't have air conditioners ;))

2159 "You're Mama Don't Dance" Loggins and Messina
2203 "When Will I See You Again?"  The Three Degrees
2205 "Lowdown" Boz Skaggs
2210 "More Than a Feeling" Boston (won't win AL East  ;D)
2214 "Best of My Love". The Emotions
Maybe "Rockeria!" ELO?
2218 "At Seventeen" Janis Ian
ION Radio is broadcasting per post
2224 "Whenever I Call You 'Friend'" Kenny Loggins
2227 "I Go Crazy" Paul Davis
2230 Off
« Last Edit: July 18, 2020, 2230 UTC by Ct Yankee »
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Re: UNID 6884.8 AM 2130 UTC 18 July 2020
« Reply #7 on: July 18, 2020, 2213 UTC »
Frequency:6884.80
Mode: AM
Date: 18 July 2020
Time: 2158 -
SINPO: 33333 via Uniontown PA
Signal meter: S5+ to S7+

Program Details:
2209 - Boston - More Than A Feelin
2214 - Emotions - Best of My Love
« Last Edit: July 18, 2020, 2227 UTC by Big Badfish Al »
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Re: UNID 6884.8 AM 2130 UTC 18 July 2020
« Reply #8 on: July 18, 2020, 2216 UTC »
Thanks for tuning in guys! I don't have any IDs plugged in but hope your all enjoying these 70s classics.  8)
« Last Edit: July 18, 2020, 2233 UTC by ION Radio »
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Re: UNID 6884.8 AM 2130 UTC 18 July 2020
« Reply #9 on: July 18, 2020, 2237 UTC »
He went off after Paul Davis " I go crazy "
Now hes' back on again . His audio is very well processed